Sharm El Sheikh Travel

Sharm El Sheikh is the most famous tourist resort in Egypt . Located on the southern most tip of the Sinai Peninsular, it’s home to some of the world’s best diving spots, the Ras Mohammed National Park, and an immeasurable number of luxury hotels, bars, pubs, discos, golf courses and casinos.

It is also where the world’s politicians choose to meet when visiting Egypt .

The foundations for Sharm El Sheikh were laid by the Israelis during their fifteen year occupation of the peninsular. They founded the settlement of Ofira. When Sinai was handed back to the Egyptians in 1982 as a result of the Camp David Accords, the settlement was repopulated by Egyptians, and has continued to grow with some momentum ever since.

Sharm El Sheikh is actually comprised of two adjacent bays, Sharm al-Maya (the original settlement of Ofira) and Nama Bay located 6km to the North. As the two developments continue to grow towards each other they edge ever closer to merging into a single resort strip.

Visitors to the area are mostly package holiday makers who arrive on direct charter flights from Europe . With most hotels being four and five star, independent travellers tend to head up the coast to the more relaxed, budget friendly beach resorts of Nuweiba and Dahab.

A ferry operates between Sharm El Sheikh and Hurghada. Taking about 1 ½ hours on a good day, it’s the fastest and most comfortable way to/from the mainland, and allows the independent traveller to plot a circular route between Cairo, Sinai, and the Upper Egyptian cities or Luxor and Aswan.

Sharm El Sheikh Travel Links:

• Book flights to Sharm El Sheikh

  Book Hotels in Sharm El Sheikh

• Hurghada Travel

• Dahab Travel

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Imagine yourself in deep blue water, crystal clear, a paradise inside the water, like mermaid you swish around, touch the coral, and kiss the tropical fishes in all rainbow colors, underwater flora and exotic corals, as the bubble ring goes up the water and you get back, you are on bed at your home or some dorm. Your imagination has taken you to wild trip of Sharm El Sheikh, as no other place in world can offer you the majestic and grandeur of Diving and affluent vacation.

Tantalize your soul, with the contrasting terrain of Sharm El Sheikh, endless desert to clear blue water of Sinai Peninsula with its white sandy beaches and reddish mountains. Sharm El Sheikh is poised and pride to be heralded as “The City of Peace” as large number of Peace conferences have been held here and still amongst the first destination for conventions. Surrounded by sand and desert, it’s amazing that it has developed itself into impressive and majestic town with resorts and hotels.

Posted at 4:48:am 05/03/10

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